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Open Learning

The modern state of higher education has been impacted by many trends and developments that have affected the corporate world and society in general over the past two decades. Information and intellectual property have become products, consumers (whether or services like education or products) demand great flexibility when it comes to time/space, economic and traditional curriculum constraints. The advent of technology has revolutionized higher education, especially where modes of delivery are concerned and the need for increased revenues to afford to compete technologically. These developments have seen a greater cooperation arise between university and corporations when it comes to profits. Adding to these trends, shrinking enrollments, more adult learners, more business demand for on-the-job continuous learning, and other factors have helped create renewed interest and resource investment in the area of open learning. While distance education technology is intimately related to open learning, distance learning is often the mode via which universities provide an open learning program. This is because open learning is more a philosophy or ideology of education than a delivery mode, one that uses the learner as the core focus of structuring and implementing learning systems, “We use the term open learning to refer to an educational philosophy expressed through a move away from traditional face-to-face practices, while distance education is used to refer to a relatively traditional educational delivery system designed to meet the needs of geographically remote students. That is, open learning alludes to an approach which places student learning, needs and choice at the center of educational decision-making. Distance education refers to the practices which allow off-campus participation in educational programs” (Taylor et al. 6). One can see that this learn-centered approach is basically similar to the consumer-oriented ap...

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Open Learning. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 16:39, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1686063.html